AUDITIONS: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION

AUDITIONS: HADESTOWN: Teen Edition

Produced by The Jewel Box Children’s Theater Company in collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater

Book by Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell

Directed by Anna Kate Mohler

Musical Direction by Andy Zacharias

Choreography by Lea Mano

AUDITION DATES:  Feb. 4 – Feb. 6, 2025

• Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Wednesday,  Feb. 5, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.  We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.)

PLEASE NOTE: In compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules, all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production. All minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

PERFORMANCE DATES:  April 25th – May 24th, 2025

AUDITION NOTICE:

TITLE: HADESTOWN: Teen Edition

PRODUCERS: The Jewel Box Children’s Theater Company in collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse

AUTHOR: Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell

DIRECTOR: Anna Kate Mohler

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Andy Zacharias

CHOREOGRAPHER: Lea Mano

RUN:  April 25th – May 24th

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. 

This is a volunteer community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.

AUDITION DATES:

Open Call: 

Dates: Tuesday February 4th & Wednesday February 5th, 2025

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions. We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.)

Times: 6pm – 9pm

In compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production.

Location: Long Beach Playhouse  

Please register for an audition time slot by visiting jewelboxct.org/hadestown

Audition Registration opens on January 21^st

LINK TO AUDITION TIME SLOT REGISTRATION

Callbacks: By Invitation Only.

Date: Thursday February 6th

Times: 6pm – 9pm

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: Saturday February 8th from 12 – 3pm

Regular Rehearsal: Monday through Thursday from 6pm – 9pm Starting February 10th

(Please see beginning rehearsal BELOW schedule for specific dates and times.)

Location: Long Beach Playhouse *please note, some rehearsals may take place at the Jewel Box Studio at 2050 Santa Fe Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

In compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules, all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production.  All minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Bring headshot and resume if possible. We will also have a short form for you to fill out when you arrive. 

AT THE OPEN CALL: Please bring a headshot and resume if possible. Please prepare 16 bars of a contemporary musical theater or folk/pop song in the style of the show but not from the show – please no Jason Robert Brown or Sondheim songs. Bring printed sheet music for live accompanist. Karaoke or recorded tracks will not be permitted. Be prepared to take direction and answer questions. 

*Please note, all first time or newer auditioners are encouraged to attend one of the free audition workshops that will be taking place at the Long Beach Playhouse on Saturday January 18^th from 9am to 12 noon Saturday February 1^st from 9am to 12 noon. 

To register for an audition workshop, visit jewelboxct.org/hadestown

LINK TO AUDITION WORKSHOP

SHORT SYNOPSIS:  

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

PLEASE NOTE:  This production will be double cast.  The two sets of casts will alternate on different performances of the run.  The dates of which cast will perform when will be determined after casting.

ORPHEUS: Tenor with strong falsetto, D3-C5. Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve. Ability to play guitar or learn is a plus.

EURYDICE: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, F#3-D5. A runaway, tough and vulnerable

HADES: Bass, F2-C#4. Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown

PERSEPHONE: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, F3-C5. Queen of nature and the season, a lush

HERMES: Tenor/Baritone, C3-B4. Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus.

FATES (3): Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5). Three Sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head

WORKERS (6-8): SATB. Spirits of labor and community, a physical choral presence

BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: